CLEVELAND (73-61) @ CALIFORNIA (59-73)
STARTING PITCHERS
14XY (14-7 2.62) 9Y (8-16 3.51)
Scoreless thru three, the most unlikely batter took George Brunet deep, lefty on lefty, but Vic Davalillo went deep. The Indians added three more in both the 6th and the 7th before closing out with a pair in the 9th. Luis Tiant was brilliant, spinning a 4 hit shutout squaring the series at one.
CLE 000 103 302 9 14 0
CAL 000 000 000 0 4 1
2B CLE Hinton 14
CAL Mincher 19 Morton 5
HR CLE Davalillo 3 (4th off Brunet) Wagner 13 (6th off Wagner) T. Horton 13 (7th off Newman)
RBI CLE T. Horton 4(48) Wagner 2(38) Davalillo 30 Azcue 25
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Tiant 9 4 0 4 9 0 0 33 84
Brunet 6 8 2 0 5 4 4 26 49
WP Tiant 15-7 2.49 Brunet 8-17 3.58
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 4 .. Davalillo homered CLE 1 CAL 0
TOP 6 .. Hinton doubled. Wagner homered. T. Horton doubled. Azcue singled scoring a run. CLE 4 CAL 0
TOP 7 .. Hinton singled. Wagner singled. T. Horton homered scoring three run. CLE 7 CAL 0
TOP 9 .. Davalillo singled. Hinton singled. Wagner walked. T. Horton sac fly scoring a run. Hinton scored on a wild pitch. CLE 9 CAL 0
NOTES: Luis Tiant picked up his 4th shutout and 8th complete game. Also, Looey, is second in average strikeout per 9 innings at 11.20 per 9. George Brunet suffered his league leading defeat, saddled with his 17th of the season.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-4 HR 4 RBIs
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